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ExtremeRepublican gave me an idea. What is your history for rooting interest in championship games (or series), going back as far as you have followed the sport? I will do mine in other sports, but will start with Super Bowls.

Bolded teams I rooted for, green for victories, red for losses. This is as far back as I can remember, although I know I at least watched some Super Bowls before this, since I definitely remember being horrified, horrified as a nine year old, not even noticing Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction.

Born in 1990, and my sporting memories regarding championships started between 2000 and 2003.

Super Bowl:2000: Rams-Titans: W2001: no rooting interest2002: Rams-Cheatriots: L2003: no rooting interest2004: Panthers-Cheatriots: L2005: Eagles-Cheatriots: L2006: Steelers-Seahawks: W (easy call, because of the combo of being a Steeler fan and an ardent Seachicken hater from my Rams fan days)2007: Bears-Colts: L2008: Giants-Cheatriots: L (lone exception to the no rooting for New England rule)2009: Steelers-Cardinals: W (rooted for Steelers, but would've been fine with the Kurt Warner-led Cardinals getting a ring)2010: Saints-Colts: W2011: Steelers-Packers: L2012: Giants-Cheatriots: W2013: 49ers-Ratbirds: W (I was a Rams fan at the time, so rooting for Baltimore was practical at that moment and disliked the 49ers. If such a Super Bowl matchup materializes ever again, I'd pull for the 49ers because of my Steelers fandom)2014: Broncos-Seahawks: L2015: Boycotted the Super Bowl over the Cheatriots v. Seachickens playing each other and couldn't root for either team in good conscience. 2016: Panthers-Broncos: L2017: Falcons-Cheatriots: L2018: Eagles-Cheatriots: W2019: Boycotted the Super Bowl over the Rams v. Cheatriots playing each other and couldn't root for either team in good conscience over Kroenke and the repeated SB appearances of Brady and Co.2020: NOTE: With the exception of the Patriots' unbeaten streak attempt, I rooted against the Patriots. During the time that the Rams were in St. Louis, they were my #1 team. Now, the Steelers fill that role. Record: 8-9

I have only had a consistent rooting interest in the World Series, Super Bowl and both NCAA championships. I'm starting each one at the first one I remember well enough. Actual favorite teams are in blue. For the NFL, I used the Super Bowl year, as the Playoffs are also in that year, but for college football I used the season.

While I favored teams in many cases before I followed sports closely, I will go with how I've done since I began following them closely. I'll use Old School Republican's color code (Green if the team I favored won, red if they lost).

NCAA Men's Basketball Final (3-4)2009: Michigan State over North Carolina2010: Duke over Butler2011: Connecticut over Butler2012: Don't remember2013: Michigan over Louisville2014: Don't remember2015: Don't remember2016: North Carolina over Villanova2017: North Carolina over Gonzaga2018: Michigan over Villanova

Super BowlXLI: Bears over ColtsXLII: Giants over PatriotsXLIII: Cardinals over SteelersXLIV: Colts over SaintsXLV: Packers over SteelersXLVI: Giants over PatriotsXLVII:49ers over RavensXLVIII: Broncos over SeahawksXLIX: Seahawks over Patriots (would have supported Patriots if not for deflategate)50: Broncos over PanthersLI: Falcons over Patriots (was somewhat torn during overtime though)LII: Eagles over Patriots